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Building Maggie B»
The Maggie B is a 62-foot fusion schooner — a fusion between the best of traditional sailing and modern technology. Deck prisms and LEDs; a gaff schooner with graphite composite spars; soft Spectra rigging and cast bronze deadeyes.
The Maggie B was conceived in Chicago, designed in England, and built in Nova Scotia with components from the US, Great Britain, Canada, Denmark, Italy, France, Japan, Thailand, Holland, Portugal and many more countries.
I gave Nigel Irens the challenge of designing a fast, sea kindly, modern world cruising schooner. Covey Island had the challenge of building his design as "not a yacht, but not a workboat" — efficient, smart, low maintenance, and experienced. I think that both got it right.
Stick with us and we all will see how it turns out.
The Maggie B featured in the Dec. 2007 issue of Yachting World
Author Annie Hill, whom we met while berthed in New Zealand, praises the Maggie B in this article in the December 2007 issue of Yachting World. You can read a pdf version here, complete with photos of the crew and the Maggie B.
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